I sit at this screen with some incredible music filling me with awe. I am listening to Jeremy Camp's CD SPEAKING LOUDER THAN BEFORE. He wrote all the songs I am listening to and he sings with so much conviction. If my eyes will cooperate I'll share some of the lyrics, but all of the songs merit consideration by those of us who love Contemporary Christian music. I just got this CD this afternoon after hearing There Will Be A Day played on our local station. http://www.wmhk.com/ Little did I realize, the lyrics of all these are amazing.......the only downside is the tiny fonts that are used with all the information about the CD! Perhaps that was a good thing about those old, considerable larger LP albums some of us fondly recall.
SPEAKING LOUDER THAN BEFORE
Hear now this declaration from out across the nations / we need to wake up and understand / many hurting hearts are crying, but our voices seem to be dying / can you see the battle raging on? / we are the light to reach this world / we are the salt preserving these souls / let's show them all the love that we've received / we are, we are in desperation / we need to reach this generation / we are speaking louder than before / we have a hope that's been forgotten / we have a love that has been brought and we are speaking louder than before / take every chance that you can, move together, taking a stand / never losing heart, we'll speak as one / we need to be the image of Christ, to show love and serve at all times / we can make a difference in this land / everything's surreal, but this urgency I feel / we should be reaching out to all these desperate pleas / the need is real, can't you feel this call to revolution? / my beating heart is breaking for them / that's why I'm speaking up, that's why I'm speaking now
Jeremy based these lyrics on Mark 16:15 & Matthew 5:13-16
And so I close this posting giving God thanks for artists like Jeremy Camp. I pray it is okay that I posted these lyrics written by Jeremy Camp........they need to be shared. Reading the words and listening at the same time, is indeed music that fills my soul. I'll be sharing the other words by Jeremy inside this CD insert that impact and speak to me in praise and Thanksgiving.
The last several days have had tremendous impact upon my life...my spirit...my purpose. I am being fueled by so many sources and I feel His presence leading me in ways I prayed would become more obvious to me. Discernment is a treasure. Ask and you shall receive.......so many "God Incidences".....how my heart sings! This old oil lantern is being dusted off, polished, and refueled. The flame is on the verge of the spark that pulls all of it together and the LIGHT that shines and who will notice and grow with the flame......it is nearly a year (Feb.8, 2008) that God gave me words for The Old Oil Lantern and sharing my stories. I pray that I bring Him all the glory from the center of HIS flame and that doors to miracles are being opened to His knock and His light! 
